EPA Regulations Still Killing Jobs
Energy: A Dallas energy company closes two facilities due to a new regulation, costing hundreds of jobs. The president talks up his jobs bill while his administration creates rising unemployment and rolling blackouts.
When President Obama set aside, pending his re-election, proposed ozone national ambient air quality standards, he said it was in the interest “of reducing regulatory burdens and regulatory uncertainty, particularly as our economy continues to recover.” We have said regarding Obama that you should always keep your eye on what his other hand is doing.
On the same morning he announced his “must pass” jobs bill, a rehash of the failed stimulus, Texas energy company Luminant announced that new Environmental Protection Agency regulations were forcing it to close several facilities, resulting in the loss of 500 jobs and 1,200 megawatts of generating capacity. (IBD)
EPA Drops Objections to Court Case Over Bush Smog Plan
GABRIEL NELSON
Now that it has scrapped a plan to further tighten the smog limits set by U.S. EPA under President George W. Bush, the Obama administration has told a federal court that it has no problem with reopening the litigation over that standard in court. (Greenwire)
